Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-01

The board OF inspectors OF Jackson
prison, have decided TO erect a new build.
ing Just west OF the prison, outside OF the
wall
William Queen was shot in a hous, OF
ill-fame in Gaylord, by Maggie Campaign.
one of the inmates. The woman has been
arrested.
Three men were killed and two Others
badly injured by the breaking of derrick
at the Isabella mine near Iron River few
days ego.
The resolutions of the Kalamazoo bar on
the death of the late Charles L. Stuart
have been formally presented TO the su.
preme court.
l. . Hara's saloon at Six Lakes, Mont
calm county was burgarized the other
II ght and $500 in money taken beside
notes AMI valuable papers
Fifty years ago, June lG Col E.-O.
Grosvenor first reached Jonesville, walk
ing from Albion over an Indian trail. lie
was then boy IS years old
John Brooks of Wright Hillsdale coun.
~ celebrated his 1Olst birthday June Is.
He was in Hudson few days before look
ing after IN, pension money.
One day last week one crew of raftsmen
on Black river RATED fifty cribs of long
timber This is the largest days work of
this kind known in Northern Michigan.
Mrs Ellen Mott, widow of the late DIR
Henry Mott of Hillsdale dropped dead at
the house of neighboT about O'Clock the |
other afternoon. Heart disease was the /
cause.
Prof Wesley Sears, superintendent of
public schools at Flint, has been tendere
the perintendency of the state pub ic
school at Coldwater He will probably
accept.
The senior class of the university have
appropriated 500 to be expended in pur
chasing portrait of the late Prof. Olney.
TO be placed in the library as class me
mora.
little daughter of Abram Codington
OF Belle River Berlin township. St Clair
county. was terribly scade by falling in
70 rail of boiling water, and died from
the elects
Jerome Harris of Brownsville. Cass
county committed suicide the other day
10y blowing his brains out with revolver
lie was only - years of age, and no reason
is assigned FOR the act
Operations at the gas Well in Jackson have
been suspended, for the reason that "A
strong vein of salt brine was struck. Iii.
probable that the we'll will Ice trimmed and {
uhing inserted the whole length anu ,
work resumed. =
prominent church member and temp \
'rence agitator OF Decatur, is spoken of Z
~ the Republican rs "blear-eyed. reel i
ng' silly idiot, disgrace TO his family I
nd walking evidence that somebody is II
cling him liquor. !
Townsend North of Nassar, in sinking a "
yell, struck beech log seventy feet be u u
NV the surface. He then moved six feet
way and sunk another well, striking an
Their log ten feet lower than the first g
IT. North has some of the chips to show :.
Or IL. -
The trustees of the students christian ii
ssociation Of the university. have an
ointed one of the students. A. T.. Jen
lngs 20 travel among the friends of the ~
'sociation in the state during the sum W
er vacation and endeavor TO raise OF
Rough funds TO build an association u
hiding IN the city. The association is O.
ready the owner of a fine lot across from by
e university and are very anxious to
cure building.
he Detroit Free Press says: There is g.,
prospect that something will be done "a
rs year 10 develop the mineral resources al
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan other ~
an iron and copper The slate quarrie, m
baraga county at Arvon, near L'Ansc, at
e being worked with full forces this sum
err The Lake Superior Iron company nf
IS an exploring crew looking for gold on er
nd seven miles ~from I,hpemIng The an
Yer properties in Ontonagon county are ~
ely 10 be worked again. IL is not gen an
ally known that 350o 900 worth of silver Gle
: leen mined in the peninsula in thirty at
ars and IL is promised that the mica de an
sit at Republic, owned by Messrs. Mon W,
rd and Pingo of Marquette, will be ca
'rked. The granite and marble deposits i Ih
e being looked over with "A view of quar- CO..
ing operations, by various Eastern CAPT.
ssts.